My dear friends,today is aspecial dayfor me becauseI have the greatpleasure of hosting Camilla from her blogVIABOET.You know how I am in love with the atmosphere that you breathe in Swedish homes Norwegian, Nordic home in general, and I asked her if she liked working with me to show you his home and to advise on any details that should not be missed. I have never talked in person with Camilla, the language and my bad English we do not permit e but we written many e-mails in which we exchanged ideas to deal with this "project". Camilla, as you can see, has accepted (and I'm happy). There will be several posts and the first is on the kitchen!

I hope you like it and if you have any special requests or if you also want to collaborate in the future on a similar project ... write me ... Happy reading!

My name is Camilla. I am a Swedish girl living in Oslo, Norway with my Norwegian husband. We live in a big white house in the countryside just outside Oslo. The house was built in 1986 and is 240 square meters, we moved in April 2011, and has some way to go on the road. But we have begun to shape the house as we want it. No major renovations are needed, but small upgrades here and there.

A platerack fits perfectly in a white Scandinavian kitchen, I think. It gives the kitchen an "old days" feeling. There you can change and renew forever. Every time I buy new china there is a little change on the platrack.

A large clock on the wall, also belong to the country style. In the summer I have big white pots with pink geranium flowers, in all windows. This has become something of a niche in Sweden/Norway. This is somethinh that you can se in many homes during the summer, and when the winter comes, you simply put the geraniums in the basement over the winter and replace them with som beautiful winterflowers, and in the spring/summer you take them up again and they will start to live again:).

As we renovate the kitchen, a large number of changes take place. Oven and microwave should be at chest height and stovetops are replaced with the newest. A bench in a solid wood that matches a new wooden floor. The white clean face a little more rough in the wood.

For my part,the countrystyle and romanticstyle is about finding what you like and whats make you love your home. It must not be so and so. What I think is nice and what I take home, is what I consider to be country and romantic, but someone else may thinh something completely different. So this style, like every other is very individual. But in Sweden and Norway, this white has become very popular and we inspire each other with the result that many have similar homes and the same things. It is very good for retailers and online stores that sell this type of decor.

The white ground, mixed with the romance that can be found in a fabric with roses in such a pillow or a blanket, with a warmness in an old shair, is simply a very nice mix, I think.